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Rocco is helping to sniff out imperfections at Grant's Whisky distillery in Girvan A NEWLY employed sniffer dog helping with quality control at a whisky maker will report back to appropriately named boss Chris Wooff. Rocco, a one-year-old cocker spaniel, is helping to sniff out any imperfections in wood used to make the barrels at the Grant’s Whisky distillery in Girvan in Ayrshire. Wooff said: “Wood is a natural material, and the distilling of whisky is an organic process, so our job for Grant’s Whisky is to make sure that everything is perfect as the whisky ages in the oak casks...

One- year-old cocker spaniel Rocco has landed a dream job at Grant's grain whisky distillery - with a new boss named Mr Wooff.

A team of McMaster University researchers who studied heart patients found that stair-climbing routines, whether vigorous or moderate, provide significant

Medically Reviewed People with mesomorph body types tend to see big gains from strength and interval-type workouts. But longer cardio training is important, too. Jakob Lagerstedt/Stocksy How do you know if you have a mesomorphbody type? You might love Tabata and other high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts, but find long bouts of cardio arduous. You may naturally enjoy the weight room because that’s where your strengths — no pun intended — lie. “A mesomorph is generally defined as someone who has a body type that has a high level of muscle and strength,” says Adam Feit, t...

Poet Airini Beautrais. I’m always anxious about answering the question of what I’m reading. At the moment due to work, life and mental health, my reading practice isn’t stellar. I am reading The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. I'm enjoying all the Swedish placenames and feeling a weird technological nostalgia for the early 2000s. I keep renewing a book from our local library, An Encylopaedia of Plants in Myth, Legend, Magic and Lore, by Stuart Phillips. I'm completely fascinated by the human tendency to superstition. I just finished reading The Hunger Games to...